Hanger for wearing apparel



Jan. 5, 1932. J. H. BOYE I 1,839,294

HANGER FOR WEARING APPAREL Filed June 6, 1929 James H ,B ya,

to support such articles as .app arel hanger,

V hat through Patented Jan. 5, 1932 JAMES I-L'BOYE, OF GI IICA EO, IL LING'LS, AS931.

TO JAMES H. BOYE MANUFAGTURIN HANGER FGB Application This invention relates to hangers for wearbeing designed more especially exclusively, as a closet hanger hats, coats and neckwear in convenient and readily accessible position.

The main object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and very compact which mounted on a molding strip of the wall, or on a horizontal panel frame member of a door, and which will serve to support a plurality of articles of wearing apparel within a comparatively compact space.

Another object of the invention is to proing apparel, although not "vide an improved hat holder well adapted to support both mens hats and womens hats in a fashion which will avoid any danger of puncturing or deforming the material of the, contact with either the holder or the wall of the room orcloset.

Still other objects and attenc ant advantages of the invention. will be apparent to persons familiar with articles of this char-j actor from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which I haveillustrated a simple and practical embodiment of the in vention well adapted to serve the stated purposes and objects thereof, and wherein- Fig. showing the same mounted on a molding strip. J

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, Viewed fromthe right of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1% is a sectional detail on the line 4-4 of 2 through the pivot joint of the adjustable hat holder.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3, showing the pivot joint of the hat holder in edge elevation.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1, looking downwardly.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates as may be readily tured to receive a 'l is a front elevation of the hanger limited in both HEARING APPAREL filed June 6,1929. Serial no. $68,906.

an I; entirety, an upright metal bar or post i which, for the sake of combined strength and 7 lightness, is preferably of a wide' V-shape' in cross .section,as shownin Figs. 3 and 6. The lower portion slightly ofl set 11 of this post is preferably f forwardly,as shown in Fig.

2, and is apertured to receive fastening screws 12 by which it is mounted on a molding strip or other suitable support indicated at 13.1

she upper. portion lt of wardly ofiset, as clearly shownin Fig. 2, and its extreme upper portion 15 is warped and flattened into a vertical plane, and ap'er pivot bolt 16. Mounted on the pivot bolt 16 I illustrated, this hat holder takes theform of a sheet metal disc 17, portions ofwhich are excised and wardly as shownin Fig.5 to form a pair of portion'15 of the post,and are aperturedto receive the pivot bolt. 16. The'relatively vides a board support for a hat, and it is preferably provided with front and rear,

When used as a support forwardly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2,.the crown of the hathanging easily from the round periphery of the holder. 7, The tilting movement of the holder 17 may be directions by means of an ofiset stop lug 19, best shown in Fig. 5, formed on the lower forward portion of the member 15. I

By reference to Fig. it willbe observe d the post 10 is foris an angularly adjustable hat holder, In the preferred structure herein the holder with ample 7 thereof for the brim, without for amanshat the holder is preferably tipped downwardlyand bent downwardly and in- V 6" parallel hinge lugs 18 that straddle the flat- 7 a! tened' upper end large round hatholder 17 proso a that the pivot joint between the hat holder and the post lies above the plane of the lower edges of the flanges 17, so that, by leaving the disc 17 unflanged on opposite sides of the pivot lugs or ears 18, access is readily had to the pivot bolt for assembling and adjusting purposes.

In the complete and preferred form of the article herein illustrated, the lower portion of the post is equipped with a pair of clothes hooks 20 secured to and projecting forwardly of the lower portion 11 ofth'e post as by pins or rivets 21; and the intermediate portion of the post is provided jecting arm 22 constituting a scarf holder or rack, the forward end portion of the arm being flattened and curled to form a round knob 23 serving as a stop to prevent the scarf from slipping off the end of the arm. The arm 22 is formed with a downwardly bent shank portion 22 shaped to fit the outer surface of the post 10, and secured to the latter by a rivet 24.

a As above stated, the described hangerhas primarily been designed to serve as a clothes closet hanger, and when so used may be mounted on a horizontal molding strip in a closet, which carries the ordinary clothes hooks, or on a horizontal panel frame bar on the inner side of the closet door. The specific structure illustrated and described lends itself well to simplicity and economy of man ufacture; but many of the structural details may be modified or varied without involving any departure from the substance of the invent-ion as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class'described, a post adapted to be secured to a wall or the like and having an outwardly extending upper por tion, said post being distorted so as to be stiffened throughout the major portion of its length and the upper extremity thereof lying in a substantially vertical plane, a hat supporting member comprising a relatively stifi' sheet member, said sheet member having an integral portion depending substantially centrally thereof, and means pivotally connecting said depending portion to the upper portion of said post.

2. In a device of the class described, a post adapted to be secured to a wall or the like and having an outwardly projecting upper por tion, said post being formed of sheet metal and longitudinally bent so as to be stiifened throughout the major portion of its length, the upper extremity thereof being twisted so as to lie in asubstantially vertical plane, a hat supporting member formed of relatively stiff sheet material and having a pair of integral ears stamped from the body portion thereof and bent downwardly therefrom so as to embrace the upper portion of said post, and a pintle extending through said post and said with a forwardly pro- 7 bolt.

JAMES H. BOYE. 

